Rejected petition Debate a vote of no confidence in the government to trigger a general election

The 52/48 result was too close and the whole campaign was built on misleading information and mistruths.

If a vote of no confidence is lost, parliament has 14 days to create a new majority, if they fail then a general election is called. We cannot request a general election directly.

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Fixed term parliaments act means a general election can only be called in very specific circumstances. Hence why this requests a debate for a vote of no confidence as this is one way to trigger the process.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/122946

http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/SN06111

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Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/133548

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Date submitted 26 June 2016
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